WHAT IS ANGINA?

Angina is different from a heart attack even though sometimes people tend to confuse them.  It is usually seen more commonly in men than in women and in older people.  Again in Jamaica our cardiologists are seeing a new trend developing more persons are coming in with angina and the patients are getting younger.

Angina is also caused by the narrowing of blood vessels in the heart, that is, the coronary arteries being blocked.  It can also be caused by heart valves and heart mus...

Over the past decade cardiologists in Jamaica have noticed an increase in the number of patients presenting in the emergency room with a heart attack.  The patients are also younger.

A heart attack occurs when the coronary arteries that feed the heart becomes clogged or blocked by fatty build up and blood clots cutting off oxygen supply to the heart, thus killing heart muscles.  This is known as coronary artery disease.

Symptoms

The person experiencing a heart attack may ...

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Stroke warning signs

Stroke is a medical emergency. Recognizing and responding immediately to the signs of stroke by calling 9-1-1 or your local emergency number can significantly improve survival and recovery.

Women's Heart Attack Symptoms Different from Men's

Symptoms may appear up to a month before attack

By Robert Longley, About.com Guide

Among the 515 women studied, 95-percent said they knew their symptoms were new or different a month or more before experiencing their heart attack, or Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). The symptoms most commonly reported were unusual fatigue (70.6-percent), sleep disturbance (47.8-percent), and shortness of breath (42.1-percent).

Many women never had chest pains
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More than 250,000 deaths occur each year as a result of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). In fact, SCA claims one life every two minutes, taking more lives each year than breast cancer, lung cancer, or AIDS. To decrease the death toll from SCA, it is important to understand what SCA is, what the symptoms and warning signs are, and how to respond and prevent SCA from occurring.

More than 70 percent of ...